Auction "Russian art of the XIX — beginning of the twentieth century" in "the Office" has brought more than 5 million rubles. Success enjoyed works by Vasily Kuchumov, Alexander Schwabe, Mstislav Sarovskogo etc.

Auction Wednesday evening, December 6, at the auction house "KABINET" held in the chamber atmosphere with the participation of not more than a dozen people in the hall and a few players online and on the phone. The catalog was small, only 84 lots, so all the trades took less than a hour, during which sold 22 lots for a total amount of 5.2 million rubles. Along with the head and phone players who bought a large part of lots, quite a lot of work has gone on absentee rates. Internet-участники took this time the position of observers.

Top-лотом auction was a painting by Alexander Schwab "the Herd at rest" 1886. To start for 1.4 million rubles. bought the party in the hall (estimated 1.4–1.8 million rubles.).

Left to the new owners and the two proposed paintings of Vasily Nikitovich Kuchumov (1888-1959): the interior "Hall V. L. Borovikovsky in the Russian Museum" in 1959 it was sold at the start of 660 thousand rubles., and earlier landscape "Palace in Pavlovsk" (1920) went on to start for 720 thousand rubles At a starting price of 530 thousand rubles (estimate 530-580 thousand roubles) were bought and the landscape "Trail in woods" Valerian Vitalievitch Babalina.

Two of the participants in the room we bargained a little bit over the beautiful mountain landscape Apollinarius Vasnetsov's "Sunset in the mountains": the work was awarded to the winner for 380 thousand rubles (estimate 360-420 thousand rubles).

Traditionally, the heat take frequent auctions "Cabinet" lottery drawing by Ivan Ivanovich Shishkin: all three of his etchings ("Night", "hurzuf", "April") was sold for 45 thousand rubles (estimate for each 45-60 thousand rubles.).

In the Wake of a successful auction theater schedules, held in "the Office" on 23 November, collectors were again proposed sketches of costumes and scenery by famous artists and rediscover talented authors. For example, 40 thousand rubles paid telephone buyer for two sketches of costumes for the ballet Divertissement in the Grand theatre (estimate 25-30 thousand rubles) authorship of a little-known theatre artist Nicholas Egorova (second half of XIX century. — 1908). Over 275 thousand rubles by correspondence rate was purchased, a sketch of the scenery Mstislav Dobuzhinsky to the Opera "Khovanshchina" at the Metropolitan-Опера (est 275-320 thousand RUB).

Again, as at a recent auction theater schedules, all were sold theatrical sketches Mstislav Sarovskogo (1898-1968). It seems that the work of this little known artist, 1920-40-х years who studied and worked in China, collectors became interested in theatre graphics seriously. Almost every lot was with the bargaining between the participants in the room and on the phone. For 110 thousand rubles at the start of 65 thousand rubles. was sold dated 1946 a sketch of the scenery for 2-му act ballet "the Firebird-птица" staged by the Russian chamber theater in Shanghai. Over 150 thousand went telephone buyer design for 4-му act ballet"The fountain of Bakhchisarai", 1946 staged by the same theater (estimate 90-120 thousand rubles). For 110 thousand rubles (estimate 65-75 thousand RUB.) were sold to an illustration of one of Alexander Pushkin's fairy tales, created Mirowski in Shanghai in 1930. All six theatrical designs Sarovskogo and one book illustration auction house rescued 615 thousand rubles, or 116% of the average total estimate of these lots.

this was the last in the expiring year the auction of paintings and drawings in the house, and the next auction scheduled for February next year, will again be dedicated to Russian theater.

Maria Onuchina, AI